Improvement in safety-pockets for attachment to suspenders



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J. SUMMERS, -O'FWI/NCHES'IIER, VIRGINIA Letters Patent No. 92,123, datedJune' 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N SAFETY-Fockers FOR vAT'.rAcHli/rrNT To sUsPnNDERs.

'lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

l To all whom. 'it may concern Be it known that l, J. SUMMERS, ofWinchester, in the county of Frederick, and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and improved Suspender-Pocket; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full. clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompa way, without the knowledge of thewearer.

ln the drawings- A is the pocket, the sides a a. and bott-om, a', beingfirmly` stitched together, and the upper end of the front part, l),forming a l'lap, which buttons to the back part at c.

D D are two straps, one ateaeh lower corner, which hutten to thewaistband of the pantaloons at the ordinary suspeiuler-buttons.

When the iiap b has been buttoned to the back part of the pocket, (or,it' desired, while the llap is unbutf toned,) the suspender is buttonedto the pocket, atb c, so that the pocket itself forms the onlyconnection between the suspender and the pantaloons.

The front side of the pocket is covered with interlaced metallic chains,c, (preferably steel,) in order to protect the pocket from being cutopen.

rlhis device thus saves the necessity of wearing the leather straps atthe lower ends ofthe Suspenders, as heretofore, which, in a littlewhile, become soiled by use, and present a very unsightly appearance. Atthe saule time, it enables the wearer to make use of avery safe devicefor containing his money, watch, and other valuables.

evident that it cannot 'be unbnttoned nor detached without the ownersinstantly feeling the change."

cannot be disturbed without the owners knowledge;

Thee-haies not only protect the pocket, but add to its beauty, andprevent it from becoming soiled.

The wholeor any part of the pocket may be made of leather, cloth, 85o.,ot any convenient form, containing any number of apartments and openingson either front or rear side, and ornamented according to the taste ofthe wearer.,

I'do not claim tobe the irst inventor ot' an attachable safety-pocket,designed to be supported by the Suspenders, the latter' beingconstructed as now in common use, and the pocket merely adapted to befastened to'their front side, Ifor I ain aware that such a device hasheretofore been used by J. F. Clark and others; but f .i

What Ido claim as my invention, and desire to securefbyLettei-s Patent,is the following, viz:

t'ially, of the part A, having the front flap, l1, adapted to button tothe back part by means of the button c, the button c adapted to buttonthe fiap, andV also to connect the pocket to the lower end of thesuspender, the straps D D fixed to the lower corners of the pocket, andadapted to be att-ached to the pantaloons, and the interlaced chains ee, covering and protecting the pocket, saidparts being constructed andarranged as and for the purpose herein set forth.

. Witnesses: J. SUMMERS.

It. 13. YEAKLEY,

W. S. ZORKLE. n o

If the suspender be bnttoued over the flap l), it is The pocket is keptpressed against the person, and

I claim, as a new article oi manu'iiictnre, the safety isuspender-pocket herein described, consisting, essen--

